Belisle Posts Big Improvement in Second Round of 2021 US Amateur Championship

PHOENIX ---

South Mountain Community College freshman Cecil Belisle posted a 14-shot improvement in the second round of the 2021 US Amateur Championships at Oakmont Country Club and Longue Vue Golf Club in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug 8-9. After posting an 81 in the opening round at Oakmont CC, Belisle recorded five birdies in his second round to card a three-under, 67 at the Longue Vue Golf Club and finish the tournament at +8. He missed the cut to advance to the match-play portion of the event.

In that second round, Belisle carded birdies on a pair of par 5s, a pair of par 4s, and a par 3. James Piot of Canton Mich., and Michigan State University, won the event, defeating Austin Greaser of Vidalia, Ohio, and a junior at the University of North Carolina, 2-and-1 victory.

This year, Belisle received the 2021 NJCAA Division II Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award, presented by Strackaline. During the 2021 spring season, he won three tournaments, including the NJCAA Division II National Championships, and held a scoring average of 70.36 over 14 rounds of competition.

Belisle finished at six-under, 282 to win Individual Medalist honors at the NJCAA Division II National Championships May 18-21 at Swan Lake Resort in Indiana. After the first two rounds, he was nine-under-par and finished at even-par 72 in the final round to win the event. He later received NJCAA Division II First Team All-American honors.

He also received First Team ACCAC Division II and NJCAA Region I honors earlier this spring. He claimed individual medalist honors with a four-under, 276 over the four rounds at the NJCAA Region I Division II tournament, including a five-under performance over rounds two and three. He also won the Scottsdale CC Invitational Mar. 1-2 at Hillcrest Golf Club.